Car seat and door arrangement.



F. HEDLEY & J. S. DOYLE.

CAR SEAT AND DOOR ARRANGEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED PEBJZ, 1910'. Lfyqk gg Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

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F. HEDLEY & J. S. DOYLE.

.GAR SEAT AND DOOR ARRANGEMENT.

APPLICATION TILED PEBJZ, 1910.

LQWAfiASQ. Patented 0011.7,1913.

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F. HEDLEY & J. S. DOYLE.

CAR SEAT AND DOOR ARRANGEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 33.12, 1910.

Patented 001;. 7, 1913.

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PATENT OFFICE.

- STAllES FRANK HENL Y, F YDNKEB AN AIdES D YL D NEW YORK, 3

can SE T AND 003 ARRAN EMENT- Speclfiqatlon of Platters Patent.

Application filed February 12,1910. 'lerial No. 648,502.

Patented Oct. 7, 1913,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it 'known that we, FRANK HEDLEY and J M-Es S. DOYLE, both citizens of the United States, and respectively residing at Yonk'ers, county of Westchester, and State of New York, and city, county, and Stat of New York, have niadc a certain new and useful Invention in Car Seat and Door Arrangements, of which the following is a specification- This invention relates to seat and door arrangements for street or railway passenger cars.

The primary object of the invention is to provide means for facilitating and expediting the loading and unloading of passengers in the operation at surface, subway, elevated, or other street or railway cars.

A further object is to provide a combined seat and door arrangement whereby when the door i not required for use the space immediately in front of the same may be utilized for seating purposes, and when the door is in use-the seats in front of the same are rocked or moved out of the way.

A further object is to provide means inside the car and adjacent a side door thereoit, to separate the space leading to and from the doorway intoseparate passages of comparatively limited area.

@ther objects of the invention will appear more fully hereinafter.

The invention consists substantially in the construction, combination, location and relative arrangement of parts all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, as shown in the accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, and to the variou views and reference signs appearing thereon, Figure 1 is a View in Vertical transverse section, parts broken olf, of a car body showing the application of .a car seat and door arrangement embodying the principles of our invention. Fig. 2

is a view in vertical section taken longitudinally of the car, on the line 2, 2, F g. 8,

looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig.

3 is a view in horizontal section on the line 3, 8, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and. showing both sides of the car. Fig. 4 is a broken detail view in horizontel section of the door space separating standards or uprights on one side of the car. Figs. 5 and 6, are broken detail views n section, showing formsof locking devices for holding the seat in raised or lowered pos tion.

The same part is designated by thesame reference sign wherever it .occurs'throughout the several views.

In the practical operation of handlin the passenger tra'flic of street or other raiway cars, the problem of facilitating and expediting the loading and unloading of the passengers has become a serious and important'one, especially in the case of cars operatlng on lnnited time and headway schedules, and at points of heavy and congested trallic, as, for instance, at subway and elevated stations; busy street corners, or centers, or the like. The import-ant consid' eration is to secure rapid transit, and the time consumed at a station, street corner, or the like, in unloading or taking on passengers if unduly extended in length, not only increases the time required to complete a tripof the car or train, but also seriously interferes with the time and headway schedules of other cars or trains of the'system. Moreover, at the stations, street corners, or other stopping points where it is necessary to handle large crowds, the jam and crush of the passengers in attempting to enter and leave the'car, causes material discomfort to the Ipassengers, and frequently seriousphysica injury. Experience has shown that passengers after entering a car are prone to remain congested and crowded together at the ends of the car where the ,doors have ordinarily been located thereby making it difficult to force ones way through the crowd to leave the car upon arrival at a stationor stopping place, or to get on the car, and hence, also, materially increasing the time during which the car or train must remain. at the station or stopping point.

It is among the special objects and purposes of our present invention to overcome and avoid these and other objections encountered in the practical operation of street car and railway systems, and in carrying out our invention we propose to supply the cars with side doors, in addition to, and independently of the ordinary doors at the ends of the car. These side doors we propose to locate at any convenient point in the lengthof the car, and on one or both s1 des thereof. We have found-that the midlcngth of the car is a suitable point for the location of the side doors, and we have shown, in

the free passage of a single passenger, but

not of sufficient area to enable one passenger to stand therein while another is entering or leaving the car therethrough. We also propose to employ seats in connection with each of these entry or. exit ways and which may be moved into position for use when the adjacent dooris not in commission, and moved out of position for use as seats when the door is required for use.

In the drawings reference sign 10, designates a door, which, in this instance, is shown as a sliding door, suspended on rollers 11, and operated in the usual or any well known, suitable or convenient manner. As

shown in Fig. 3, a door is arranged on each side of the car, and, as above indicated, these doors are additional to and independent of the usual end doors of the car, and are located at any desired point in the length of the car, say, for illustration, at the midlength of the car. The doors are arranged to slide in a direction lengthwise of the car and, when in open position, are received in pockets 12, in the side walls of the car.

Arranged within the car opposite each of the side doorways above referred to, are located means to divide the space inside the car leading to and from the adjacent side door way into separate passages, indicated, generally, by reference signs A and B, Fig. 3, the area of each space A, B, being sulficient to enable a single passenger to pass freely therethrough, but not sufiicient to permit a passenger to stand therein while an other is entering or leaving the car, therethrough. One form of means for separating the spaces inside the doors into separate passages having the described characteristics is shown wherein standards 13, 14, 15, .are provided opposite the points of mid-length of each doorway. These standards are secured to and rise from the floor of the car, and are arranged in line with each other transversely of the car. The standards 13 and 14, extend to the roof of the car, while the-standards 15 are bent at their upper ends and connected to the standards 14, next adjacent thereto, at a sufficient height to en- 17, may be interposed between ad acent.

standards, the panelin however, only extending to the height 0 the cross connection '16, or the upper end of standard 15. If

desired the space between the standards 13,

1 14, above the cross connection 16, as well as ithe space between the standards 13 on the respective sides .of the longitudinal central assa e of the car, may be utilized as spaces 1 or a. vertising signs or panels, and without interfering with an unobstructed view from end to end of the car of the guards at the ends of the car. The inner standards 13 of 'jthe sets on respectively opposite sides of the fear are separated from each other a distance ,suflicient to afiord room therebetween to enable passengers to pass. ards 15, are positioned sufliciently close to The outer stand the adjacent doors to prevent passengers Ifrom crowding through the space between .the doors and said standards when the doors are closed, even when the adjacent and associated seats are not. in position.

To the door jambs on each side of the side tdoorways or'rather to the ends of the seats F18, extending along the sides and lengthiwise of the car on opposite sides of each side idoorway, are pivotally connected the seat @sections 19, 20, as indicated at 21. These seats are arranged to be swung down into :position to form seats for passengers when :the side doors are not in use and are closed, @as indicated in full'lines in Fig. 2, and in :the upper portion of Fig. 3, and when in this position the free ends of the seats rest on brackets 22, carried by the standards 14, 15.

f Ordinarily the 'side doors on only one side of the car, or the cars of a train are required fto be in service.

In that case the seats 19,

'20, associated with the side door on the op-. iposite side of the car or cars are rocked down into position to form passenger seats. .On the side of the car where the doors are raised position.

in use the seats are rocked or swung into vertical position, as shown in full lines in .Fig. 1, and in the lower portion of Fig. 3, and when in this raised position they form side rests at the ends of the longitudinal fear seats 18. If desired means may be pro- Vided for locking the seats 19, 20, in their In Figs. 1 and 5 a latch construction 25, isshown for this purpose. Similarly, locking means may be provided for locking the seats in their lowered position. Such a locking means is indicated at 26, Fig. 6. In practice we prefer to arrange the locking means 26, to engage the door ments and the control thereof are common and e l known in the art we do not deem it necessary to show or describe the same herein, as they form no part of our present invention.

We have found in the practical application of a construction and arrangement such as above described, that the loading and unloading of passengers is thereby greatly facilitated and expedited, the time required to load and unload passengers even at points or stations where there is the greatest congestion is greatly reduced, and the crowding and jostling of passengers while getting on and off the cars is very largely reduced, as well as the danger of injury.

Having now set forth the object and nature of our invention, and a construction embodying the principles thereof,what we claim as new and useful .and of our own invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. The combination with a car having a side door, of means arranged inside the door and extending transversely of the car to divide the space inside the door into separate passages, hinged seat sections for said passages, and means carried by thehinged seat sections for locking the door closed while said sections are in position for use.

2. The combination with a car having a doorway in each side thereof intermediate its ends, said side doorways being arranged to open into the body of the car at points opposite each other, of a door for each of said side doorways, and means arranged within the car and extending in a transverse direction partway across the car froln a point approximately opposite the midwidth of each side doorway opening, to divide the space immediately inside said side doorways into separate passages, the passage separating means for one side doorway being spaced apart from that of the opposite side doorway to afi'ord a passage there between longitudinally of the car.

3. The combination with a car having a doorway in the side thereof intermediate its ends, and openin into the body of the car, of a door for stud side doorway means arranged inside the body of the car and extending transversely partway. thereacross from a point approximately opposite the mid width of the side doorway to divide the car body space inside said side doorway into separate passages, and a movable seat section arranged on eachside of said passage seprwatingv means to :extend across said pas.- sages when in position for use.

4. The combination with a car having a doorway in the side thereof intermediate its ends and o ening into the body =of the ear,

of a door I r said side doorway, means arrangedinside the body of the car and extending transversely partway thereacross re a p int approximately opp si e the mid-width of the side doorway to divide the car body space inside the said doorway into separate passa es, and a seat section hinged at each side 0 the side doorway and when in position for use extending transversely across said passages.

5. The combination with a car having a doorway in the side thereof intermediate its ends and o ening into the body of the car, of a door or said side doorway, means arranged inside the body of the car and extending transversely partway thereacross from a oint approximately opposite the mid-widt of the 'side doorway, to divide thecar body space inside the said doorway into separate passages, a bracket carried by said passage separating means on each side thereof, a seat section hinged on each side of said side doorway and arranged, when in position for use, to extend across said passages and to be received and to rest on said brackets.

6. The combination with a car having a doorway at'the side thereof intermediate its ends, and opening into the body of the car, of a door for said side doorway, means arranged inside the car body and extendingtransversely partway thereacross from a point approximatel opposite the midwidth of the said side doorway to divide the car body space inside said doorway into separate passages, a seat section hinged at each side of the side-doorway, and arranged to extend across said passages when in position for use, and means for locking said scat sections in and out of position for use. a 7 The combination with a car having a doorway in the side thereof intermediate its ends, of a door therefor and posts extending vertically from the door tothe roof of the car and arrangedv in line with each other transversely of the car from a point appoximately opposite the midwidth of the side doorway, said posts carrying a panel between them.

8. In a passenger car provided with a doorway, a door for said doorway, a seat movable into and out of position across said doorway and means for locking said door in closed position. I

9. In a passenger car provided with an opening, a door for said opening, a seat extending across said opening, and door locking means operatively related to said seat.

10. A passenger car provided with a door, ing witnesses, on this 8th day of February a seat movable mto and out of a position to A. D., 1910. be used adjacent said door, said seat being adapted to retain said door in closed po- 1 FRANK HEDLEY.

JAMES S. DOYLE.

5 sitlon when in use and to release said door Witnesses:

when not in use. GEO. KEEQAN,

In testimony whereof we have hereunto H. M. NORRIS, set our hands in the presence of the snbscrib- F. BOND. 

